: The internal DNS name for the metadata server (resolves to 169.254.169.254 ).
: Ensure that your applications only make requests to the metadata server when absolutely necessary and that they do not expose raw metadata responses to users. : The internal DNS name for the metadata
.../default/token : Generates short-lived OAuth 2.0 access tokens used to authenticate to Google Cloud APIs (e.g., Cloud Storage, BigQuery). : The internal DNS name for the metadata
All requests to the metadata server include the header: : The internal DNS name for the metadata